MLG announce World Finals event

In celebration of Major League Gaming’s 100th event, they’ve announced the MLG World Finals will be taking place on the weekend of October 16th-18th 2015.

The world’s best Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and DOTA 2 players will congregate in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Center to compete for their share of $500k.

OpTic Gaming, winners of Call of Duty X Games last weekend

Expect to see world-renowned players such as Seth ‘Scumpii’, Ian ‘Crimsix’ Porter, Damon ‘Karma’ Barlow, and Matthew ‘FormaL’ Piper playing for the most popular Call of Duty team in the world, OpTic Gaming. Current world champions Clay ‘Clayster’ Eubanks, Chris ‘Replays’ Crowder, Dillon ‘Attach’ Price and Jordan ‘JKap’ Kaplan will likely be in attendance under Denial eSports.

On the DOTA 2 side of things, famous teams such as Ninjas in Pyjamas, Evil Geniuses, and Cloud9 should all be attending.

Ninjas in Pyjamas, winners of DOTA 2 X Games last weekend

If you’re looking to attend the World Finals to spectate, you can buy tickets here. A general admission spectator ticket will set you back $49 whereas a VIP ticket for either Call of Duty or DOTA 2 will cost $199. If you’re looking to compete in either of the open brackets, competitor passes will be on sale in the coming weeks according to MLG.

If you’d prefer to watch from the comfort of your own home, you’ll be able to catch all the action from the event over at MLG.TV. For more information, I’d recommend following MLG on Twitter @MLG.